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San
Fernando
Religious
Ed
Coordinator
to Head
NCCLMargaret
Matijasevic,
San
Fernando
Regional
Coordinator
of
Religious
Education
for the
Los
Angeles
Archdiocese,
has been
named as
Executive
Director
of the
National
Conference
for
Catechetical
Leadership.
Scheduled
to start
on
January
5, 2015,
she will
be the
first
woman to
head the
Washington,
D.C.-based
organization,
which
was
founded
in 1967
as a
result
of
Vatican
II’s
call for
a more
holistic
catechesis.
Read
The
Tidings
story
online.
See our
Congress
Updates
»

Youth
Day
T-ShirtsOfficial
Youth
Day 2015
T-shirts
– with
the
theme “Talk
Jesus
with Me!” –
are now
available
for
pre-order.
Customize
your
Youth
Day
shirt
with
your
youth
group or
parish
name on
the back
for only
$2
additional.
All
orders
with
payment
must be
received
by
February
16, 2015
to get
the
pre-order
discount
rate:
T-shirts:
$13;
V-Neck:
$16;
Sweatshirts:
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Adult
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4XL
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for
T-shirts
and $5
extra
for
hoodies.)
Order
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or by
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Youth
Day
Speaker
Feature:
Fr. Leo
Patalinghug
Both
Tracks
at Youth
Day are
set to
see the
Youth
Day
Arena
speaker
and one
additional
workshop,
including
this one
and 11
others
whose
sessions
are held
in the
Convention
Center
meeting
rooms.

Baltimore-based
Fr. Leo
Patalinghug,
a priest
member
of
Voluntas
Dei, is
founder,
host and
Director
of Grace
Before
Meals, a
family,
faith
and food
movement.
In
addition
to his
priestly
duties,
Fr.
Patalinghug
is host
for the
EWTN TV
show
“Savoring
Our
Faith”
and
co-host
with Tom
Leopold
of the
SiriusXM
radio
show
“Entertaining
Truth.”
A
best-selling
author
and
contributor
to
newspaper
and
magazines,
the
popular
speaker
has been
featured
on ABC,
CBS,
NBC, PBS
and even
the Food
Network,
where he
appeared
on
“Throw
Down!
with
Bobby
Flay.”

Session
P -
"Triple
D:
Discerning,
Deciding
& Doing"
Youth
Day,
Thursday,
March
12, 2015
Fr. Leo
Patalinghug,
who
hosts
the TV
show
“Savoring
Our
Faith”
and the
radio
show
“Entertaining
Truth,”
provides
practical
tools to
discern
God’s
will for
you and
shows
how to
develop
the
necessary
virtue
to do
it.
See the
Youth
Day
Workshops
»

Congress
Liturgy
Feature:
Spanish
Liturgy
Our
Congress
liturgies
and
prayer
services
have
been
announced.
We
will
be
featuring
some
of
our
17
Eucharistic
Liturgies
and
4
Prayer
Services
from
the
Congress
weekend
here
in
our
Emailings.

Archbishop
José
Gomez
is
the
fifth
Archbishop
of
Los
Angeles.
On
April
6,
2010,
Archbishop
José
H.
Gomez
was
appointed
Coadjutor
Archbishop
of
the
Archdiocese
of
Los
Angeles
by
Pope
Benedict
XVI.
On
February
27,
2011,
he
was
installed
as
Archbishop
of
the
Archdiocese
of
Los
Angeles.
He
is
the
first
Hispanic
to
serve
as
Archbishop
of
Los
Angeles,
as
well
as
the
highest-ranking
Hispanic
bishop
in
the
United
States.

Speaker
Feature:
John
Allen,
Jr.
Over the
three
days,
Congress
2015
will
offer
309
workshops
presented
by 202
speakers.
Topics
range
from
personal
growth
to music
to
spiritual
topics –
in
English,
Spanish
and
Vietnamese.
Each
Emailing
we
spotlight
one of
those
speakers:

John
L.
Allen,
Jr. is
Associate
Editor
at The
Boston
Globe,
specialized
in
coverage
of the
Vatican
and the
Catholic
Church.
He also
serves
as
senior
Vatican
analyst
for CNN,
and for
16 years
was a
correspondent
for the
National
Catholic
Reporter.
Allen is
author
of nine
books
and is
also a
popular
speaker
on
Catholic
affairs
both in
the
United
States
and
internationally.

All
Things
Catholic:
What’s
Hot and
What’s
Not in
the
Global
Church
(*)
Session
5-01,
Saturday,
March
14, 2015
- 1:00 -
2:30 pm
Veteran
Vatican
writer
John
Allen
takes a
360-degree
look at
the
highlights
and
lowlights
of
Catholic
news in
the past
12
months,
drawing
out a
few
big-picture
conclusions
about
what it
all
means,
and then
outlining
some
important
stories
to watch
in the
year to
come.
This
session
is for
Catholics
who want
a keen
sense of
what’s
happening
in their
Church,
not just
in the
United
States,
but in
Rome and
around
the
world.

The
Francis
Mission:
Progress
Report
on a
Populist
Pope and
His
Historic
Reform
(*)
Session
7-01,
Sunday,
March
15, 2015
- 10:00
- 11:30
am
(Arena)
The
Boston
Globe’s
John
Allen
will
review
the
latest
twists
in the
Pope
Francis
story,
bringing
into
focus
the
overall
strategy
of this
populist
pope for
a
renewed
and
evangelically
dynamic
Catholicism.
We will
examine
reform
moves by
Francis
on
financial
transparency,
sexual
abuse,
the
family,
and
ecumenism
and
interfaith
dialogue,
suggesting
what
they
mean not
just for
Rome but
for the
Church
at all
levels
and in
all
places.

Speaker
Throwback:
2012
WorkshopSee
John
Allen's
Period 2
Arena
workshop
from
Congress
2012:
"The
Global
War on
Christians:
Dispatches
from the
Front
Lines."
You can
still
order
the
recordings
from his
Congress
2012
workshops:
#2-01:
"The
Global
War on
Christians:
Dispatches
from the
Front
Lines";
and
#5-01:
"All
Things
Catholic:
A
360-degree
Review
of
What’s
Hot and
What’s
Not in
the
Church."
Find all
the
recorded
sessions
from
Congress
2012 at
RECongress
2012
Recordings
page.
Go to
the
Speakers
page »

Disney
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OfferReligious
Education
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purchase
specially
priced
Disneyland
resort
tickets
prior to
your
arrival.
There
are
discounted
rates
for
Twilight
Convention
tickets
(after 4
pm),
1-day
1-park,
multi-day
and park
hopper
tickets.
This
offer is
only
available
online
at
www.disneyconventionear.com/ZMRC15A and
not
available
at the
Park.
Tickets
are
valid
Tuesday,
March 10
through
Sunday,
March
22,
2015.
The
online
ticket
store
closes
9:00 PM
PST on
Tuesday,
March
10,
2015.
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online
for
restrictions
and bulk
ticket
orders.

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